Active Directory: Export and import a group policies

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powershell has some command lets to deal with with group policies. The command lets can be found in the GroupPolicy module.
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Audio CD Ripping: Error on Freedb request

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tools for ripping audio cd’s like Audiograpper, RipperX, or Cdex can query the freedb database for getting Song and Album titles depend on a unique identifier.

Freedb end its service in 2020. So all requests to the freedb server returns an error.
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VMWare vSphere: Install a custom a certificate in VCSA Appliance

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for a higher security level it is recommended to install own (trusted) certificates in to VMware’s vCenter VCSA appliance.
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VMware vSphere: Join a vCenter VCSA Appliance to an Active directory domain by command line

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the vCenter GUI offers the ability to add an identity provider like Microsoft AD. In some cases this won’t work. For example if you are not a domain admin and you have to specify in which organisation unit the computer object should created. The computerobject should not exists. Delete an already exiting object, it would be created during the join process!
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Powershell: Generate a GUID

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to create a GUID in powershell for the use in your own scripts call the static function NewGuid() from the system.Guid class.

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PS D:\> [system.Guid]::NewGuid()
f3f8591a-c1d6-4d82-bec2-d3dac2c1fee5

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